Well the holidays are upon us, and many of those of us with lives, or even just social lives, have taken a couple of weeks off to do non-market stuff. Even the algos seem suspiciously quiet and may be taking a few days off too. I’m still here because …. well ……. it’s my job, and someone has to stick around to switch off the lights and lock the doors after the last buyer has departed for the holidays. In the meantime I’m doing an update for anyone still around to read it.
(more…)Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Nine Lumps of Coal
2020 Vision (T-9 Days)
Preface to all parts: 2019 was a great year for the Slope of Hope, with a much wider array of tools and a record number of premium subscribers. I have extracted what I consider the best posts from the year and, for the sake of everyone’s sanity, arranged links to them in a set of ten short posts.
(more…)Just Screw It
Groan. I see that the world continues to ignore the fact it is collectively $250 trillion in debt but has chosen to make this kind of insanity important:
Steady Freddy
I doubt a soothing recitation of “Twas The Night Before Christmas” could lull people into as peaceful a sleep as the market right now. It’s just one steady zone of consolidation, followed by a new push to lifetime highs, after another.
